Meghan Mccarron

This story involves a bored suburban housewife who starts fantasizing about the next-door neighbor... who happens to be a minotaur. I thought the story's angle on how fantasy can intersect with mundane reality, and whether that fantasy is in our head or manifest in the world was really interesting. But it's got some pretty explicit sex scenes, which ordinarily wouldn't bother me, but made for uncomfortable listening with a parent in the car.

Enjoyable to read while still dealing with loss social hierarchy of a family. The Ghost aspect is kind of hit and miss for me.

A pair of sisters in a mildly dysfunctional family are haunted by the ghost of their recently-deceased brother. Really not up to best-of-the-year standards; the conclusion where the author sums up everyone's feelings and motivations is written very awkwardly.